SAP Workflow Certification!

Thu Mar 1 06:34:08 EST 2012

Thankyou for your contribution, Mike. 

It has prompted me to purchase the SAP Press book.

I think it will be my first Workflow manual ever, actually...

MGT

> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 10:53:28 +0000
> Subject: RE: SAP Workflow Certification!
> From: wug at workflowconnections.com
> To: sap-wug at mit.edu
> 
> > Maybe the WUGers should put together our own training course J
> 
> I thought a number of WUGers had already put together a DIY training
> course that also covers "what's new", and with a substantial charity
> element to boot.
> 
> I think it was called "Practical Workflow for SAP, second edition" or
> something like that...
> 
> 
> On Wed, February 29, 2012 1:36 pm, Keohan, Susan - 1140 - MITLL wrote:
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > I do agree with you that those of us who have spent a long time in the
> > trenches would be well served by a 'What's New' course. I seem to recall
> > that SAP offered a delta course on SAP Workflow - but that, of course, was
> > about 8 years ago, and has disappeared.
> >
> >
> >
> > There have been many debates on the merits of certification in the job
> > market, and no doubt, there will be continue to be more.
> >
> > For my part, I would just like to get the certification. Since I don't
> > plan
> > on seeking a new job, it is purely for my own satisfaction.
> >
> >
> >
> > I think you're right, too, that people don't set out to become SAP
> > Workflow
> > experts.which is a shame, since as you said the many nuances of what WF
> > can
> > do are do seductive.
> >
> >
> >
> > Maybe the WUGers should put together our own training course J
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Sue
> >
> > ----
> >
> > Susan R. Keohan
> >
> > SAP Workflow Specialist
> >
> > Enterprise Applications
> >
> > Information Services Department
> >
> > MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> >
> > 244 Wood Street, LI-200
> >
> > Lexington, MA. 02420
> >
> > 781-981-3561
> >
> > keohan at LL.MIT.EDU
> >
> >
> >
> > From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
> > Of
> > Mike Gambier
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:59 AM
> > To: sap-wug at mit.edu
> > Subject: RE: SAP Workflow Certification!
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Susan,
> >
> > Whilst I understand the modularity in the course overall, and how an 'old
> > hand' might skill up on the new stuff by trying to cherry pick what's new,
> > I
> > feel it's a pity that SAP have not envisaged a 'refresher' version.
> >
> > Furthermore I've had a look at the SAP UK Training offerings and none of
> > these courses are regulalrly scheduled. Or, if they are, they're only
> > available as remote courses...which is a pity given that the best way to
> > learn this stuff is through collaboration. Yet again I feel they're
> > under-investing in this area.
> >
> > Personally speaking, I think they're missing a trick here. In my
> > experience
> > Workflow isn't something that poeple set out to do when they start their
> > professional careers working with SAP software. Instead it's a skillset
> > that
> > people fall into out of necessity or opportunity, typically because a
> > client/employer needs a Business Process to be modelled.
> >
> > Once budding Workflor developers have grasped its capabilities the
> > learning
> > curve feels a lot like a foreign language: the nuances of what it can do
> > are
> > seductive and pull you in the more you invest in experimenting and
> > exploring. And with any language, if you don't keep it up you end up
> > losing
> > your edge to the point where your ability to communicate deteriorates.
> >
> > For those of us who have 'grown up' with Workflow days some habits die
> > hard
> > and some ways of thinking need to be adjusted from 'old' ways to 'new'
> > whilst keeping true to the OO nature of what Workflow is all about. For
> > those being introduced to Workflow for the first time there are 'old'
> > tricks
> > and tips that are still relevant and the heritage of Workflow is still
> > worth
> > explaining because BOR will still be knocking around when they're thrown
> > into the job market.
> >
> > What I was hoping for was some sort of bridge course which would seek to
> > explain the introduction of ABAP-OO principles, the ECC 6 additions (XML
> > Container, Persistence Profiles, Local Workflows, Blocks, the retirement
> > of
> > LOOP WHILE, etc), the new Workflow Service jobs (Condition Evaluation,
> > revised Deadline Monitoring using the CL_SWF_RUN_SWWWIDH_QUEUE ABAP
> > Class),
> > the new Event Linkage mechanism with Object Category built in. Thsoe sort
> > of
> > things...
> >
> > So much changed as part of that watershed upgrade it deserves a much
> > better
> > transition course than this...and sadly this course simply doesn't cut it
> > I'm afraid.
> >
> > Mike GT
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From: keohan at ll.mit.edu
> > To: sap-wug at mit.edu
> > Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:00:14 -0500
> > Subject: SAP Workflow Certification!
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I thought you might like to know that SAP Workflow Certification is back
> > on
> > track!
> >
> >
> >
> > https://training.sap.com/us/en/certification/c_bitwf_73-sap-certified-develo
> > pment-associate-sap-business-workflow-with-sap-netweaver-70-g/
> >
> >
> > It's available in other geographies as well.
> >
> > See you there!
> > Sue
> >
> > PS: and please, nobody post the questions here, OK?
> >
> >
> >
> > ----
> >
> > Susan R. Keohan
> >
> > SAP Workflow Specialist
> >
> > Enterprise Applications
> >
> > Information Services Department
> >
> > MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> >
> > 244 Wood Street, LI-200
> >
> > Lexington, MA. 02420
> >
> > 781-981-3561
> >
> > keohan at LL.MIT.EDU
> >
> >
> >
> >
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